Team Door Handle Strikes again! Need Part Number for plastic ball sockets for 87 Type44 door handle

[John Larson]

The pair of rods lists for under 15 bucks per door.  I don't know where the
$50 number comes from.  John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Deis" <rdeis at io.com>
To: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>
Cc: <quattro at centurytel.net>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Team Door Handle Strikes again! Need Part Number for plastic
ball sockets for 87 Type44 door handle


> On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, John Larson wrote:
>
> > The plastic ends aren't available as replacement parts.  You have to buy
the
> > rods.  The PN is on the cups, but is meaningless.
>
> And they are $30 for the door latch and $20 for the lock, US.
>
> However, a 4.7 mm ball/socket joint happens to be a very common thing in
> radio control car suspensions.  I got a handful of them from my local
> hobby shop for $7.
>
> Required a little bit of fabbing to get the new sockets to thread onto the
> rod (R/C parts aren't so long as these..) but it wasn't difficult. I can
> provide details and pictures if need be.
>
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